Another antiabortion activist disrupted the confirmation hearing of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, yelling, “Abortion is murder!” in both English and Spanish.

Wearing a red polo shirt and a pony tail, he was escorted out of the room by Capitol Police after interrupting the statement of Sen. Richard Durbin (D., Ill.).

Again Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D., Vt.) banged his gavel, shouting, “You are guests of the Senate! Everybody here is the guest of the Senate. Judge Sotomayor deserves the respect to be heard. The senators have the respect to be heard.”

An earlier heckler interrupted the opening statement of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) by yelling, “Senator, what about the unborn? Abortion is murder!”

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